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| Free tours of european cities | | 2008-07-15 04:54:19 | | Face it, we’ve all experienced moments as a budget traveller where we’ve arrived in a new city and had to decide: do we go and learn more/see more/do more in this city, or do we have a real meal tonight? If you have never had to make this decision before, then I envy you. Instant [...] | | By: Europe a la Carte Blog | | |
| | Cities XL™. The "Planet Offer". | | 2008-07-14 12:37:50 | | MonteCristo tiene muy claro que su proyecto "Planet Offer" será un éxito, confía disponer de una versión increíble para los jugadores en linea. El pasado 11 de Junio de 2008, MonteCristo Games anunció que ha recibido 4,5 millones de euros (aprox. $ 7 millones de dólares) en financiación de Arts Alliance, 360 degrees Capital Partners y Innoven Partenaires y que esta nueva inversión se utilizará para ampliar el desarrollo del juego CitiesXL™ en línea. Evidentemente algo grande están preparando para que este grupo de inversores lo vean tan claro."Estamos muy contentos de recibir esta nueva ronda de financiación de tales socios de renombre," dijo Jérôme Gastaldi, director ejecutivo de MonteCristo Games. "Esta nueva financiación nos permitirá dedicar más recursos para crear la mejor experiencia de entretenimiento posible en CitiesXL™, y al mismo tiempo aprovechar el talento increíble de nuestros equipos de desarrollo en París y Kiev para crear un fantástico mundo v | | By: Future XL | | |
| | Mythic Entertainment removes 4 classes and 4 cities from Warhammer | | 2008-07-11 15:48:00 | | 4 Classes and 4 Cities removed from WAR Inserito originariamente da Abriael Between yesterday and today Mythic Entertainment's Mark Jacobs announced a few changes related to Warhammer Online's release in two interviews with MMORPG.com (you can read them here, and here).Yes, i said "Mythic Entertainment" and not "EA Mythic" because as of now, Mythic goes back to it's old name (even if it still remains property of Electronic Arts), with a quite unexpected operation of branding that will probably appease the nostalgic of the old and glorious days of DAOC. The news about the releas are, at least in part, quite upsetting, because of their content. Mythic will implement punkbuster as a cheat monitoring program withing the game, in addition to this, they're removing 4 capital cities (leaving only Altdorf and the Inevitabble City as the final objectives of the campaign) out of 6, and 4 classes of the 24 initially announced. The classes that will get the axe (at least at release) will b | | By: Classy Gamer | | |
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| | Cities You Need to Visit in the Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth, East London - South Africa | | 2008-07-03 15:27:00 | | The Eastern Cape [Port Elizabeth, East London] climate varies considerably but has, a year-round holiday climate. The Eastern coastal regions enjoy hot summers and moderate winters and Port Elizabeth experiences a daily average of 7 hours sunshine. Northern regions are much cooler. Certain areas receive rain throughout the year.
Original post by Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News | | By: UniQuest | | |
| | Larger Cities Being Effected by Flight Cuts | | 2008-06-30 17:27:00 | | Larger city airports are going to be feeling the effect of the flight cuts by major airlines.
Among the airports losing 10% or more of their seats in October vs. a year ago: Cincinnati, a Delta...
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| Best Sightseeing Tours in 23 Cities Across America | | 2008-06-29 01:02:00 | | My husband and I travel sometimes anywhere in the world and other States here in USA. There are States that I would like to visit and to have fun as travelling can make you learn something and educate ourselves and we do like exploring tourist places and other big cities here in USA. We went recently in Chicago but before we went there, we searched online 1st what are things to do in Chicago so that we will not confuse or not waste our time by not knowing what we are going to do while in there and we have found some interesting to do. I was glad I brought my laptop that time as it was convenient for us to look up what restaurant we are going to dine or what to do while staying there in Chicago. We had a blast in Chicago even though we just roamed around there for just 2 nights and 3 days. It seems we did alot in there as we walked about 7-8 hours a day exploring and taking pictures of great, old buildings and did some interesting things to do. I consider that time was one of our great | | By: My Trails In Life | | |
| | Cities XL ya corre. | | 2008-06-26 12:34:15 | | Hoy el equipo de MonteCristo que esta desarrollando CitiesXL ha hecho publica la noticia que ya disponen de una primera versión de desarrollo.
Evidentemente se trata de una versión del juego que únicamente utilizara el equipo de desarrollo para continuar con su labor de creación.
Esta primera versión sirve para unificar criterios entre los diferentes departamentos y equipos (equipo de simulación, equipo de motor gráfico, equipo artístico, equipo de red, equipo de la web, equipo de diseño de nivel, etc) para poder obtener una primera visión general del juego. Esto permite entre otras cosas comprobar aquello que funciona o aquello que finalmente puede ser desechado o rectificado.
A finales de Mayo, y por primera vez, se fusionaron todas las funciones desarrolladas hasta ahora, en esta versión de desarrollo con el fin de ver como corre todo al mismo tiempo. Como primer resultado nos han mostrado dos fotografías de una ciudad (podéis verlas aquí) desarrollada en esta u | | By: Future XL | | |
| | Beer Cities of the World | | 2008-06-26 06:11:56 | | That title is like sweet music to our ears and soon to be sweet beer to our lips. After researching with those who have tested, tasted, and gotten wasted we’ve come up with the best beer cities in the world.
10. Mexico City: Corona, oh how we heart you! The most perfect summertime beer known to [...] | | By: Compare hotels | | |
| | YouTube Video On Our Financial Collapse: Foreclosures, Subprime Mortgages & America's New Tent Cities | | 2008-06-23 11:24:00 | | The video below shows how many Americans are now living in tents or their cars because of the housing collapse.It is time that we all face the shocking reality that our economy is starting to come apart like a 20 dollar suit.This video brings to mind some things about our financial condition that I have written previously:For decades we have lived like kings and queens.....enjoying the biggest party the world has ever known.....but financed with ever increasing amounts of debt.Now it looks like the party is over.Once upon a time, the United States was the biggest creditor in the world. But those days are long gone. Now we are the biggest debtor nation to ever exist on the earth.We were the richest nation in the world, but that was not enough for us. We always had to have a bigger car, a bigger house and an endless supply of "stuff". So our government piled up debt, our companies gorged on debt, and we made using credit cards into a national pastime.Spending our own money wasn't even en | | By: Shattered Paradigm | | |
| | Italy Sends Soldiers to Its Cities to Fight Crime | | 2008-06-15 07:39:00 | | Italy's defense chief says 2,500 soldiers will be deployed to some Italian cities to help fight crime.Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said Friday the soldiers will back up police. After six months, the deployment will be evaluated.Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government is waging a security crackdown to improve safety.Via Newsmax | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | The Daily Buzz: Presidential Candidate Barack Obama Carries A Hindu God With Him Everywhere, America's New Tent Cities & More | | 2008-06-10 12:32:00 | | -This first story is so bizarre that it sounds made up, but it is actually true. Presidential candidate Barack Obama actually carries a little Hindu god with him everywhere he goes for good luck. You can read the full details of this bizarre story here.-The Canadian government has ordered a pastor to pay $5,000 and to change his preaching and website. For what crime? For teaching that the Bible says homosexuality is wrong.-Look at all the wonderful things you are paying for when you pay $4.00 per gallon for gasoline.-Devvy Kidd has a great article out today about how American Christians are selling out their faith when they vote for Obama or Clinton.-Lastly, check out the video below regarding the tent cities that are starting to spring up all over the United States:
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| | Tighter control over drug prices in four provinces and cities | | 2008-06-10 00:58:00 | | The Head of the Department for Pharmaceutical Products Control under the Ministry of Health, Truong Quoc Cuong on June 9 decided to set up a working team consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to control drug prices in Hanoi, HCM City, Binh Duong and Dong Nai.
They will assess positive and negative aspects of | | By: Vietnam Business Finance News | | |
| | Primer trailer de Cities XL. | | 2008-06-07 14:07:56 | | Un trailer excesivamente corto con un ritmo de cámara mas propias de un vídeo juego de acción.Quiero empezar por los colores marrón. Es un aspecto que a la mayoría de nosotros le resulta poco atractiva. Para mi no es así.Todos podemos distinguir perfectamente entre una foto de City Life y otra de SC4, es fácil de apreciar la personalidad artística de cada uno de los juegos, esto no solo se percibe en un vídeo juego, se puede comprobar entre fotógrafos, pintores, músicos o escultores. CitiesXL tiene su propia personalidad, y me resulta mucho mas agradable esos tonos marrón que los colores poco realistas de CL, excesivamente brillantes y pasados de moda. (comprobarlo en los últimos títulos de éxito de vídeo juegos. "son de un tono marrón").Nosotros (los fans) ya somos capaces de distinguir entre el resto de imágenes de cualquier city building y CXL, eso me parece muy positivo. El juego tiene una clara personalidad en el aspecto gráfico.En el trailer no hay nada nuevo, | | By: Future XL | | |
| | NEW MODERN CITIES PLANNED IN SAUDI ARABIA | | 2008-05-29 00:00:00 | |
Talking of development and modern architecture, the focus is Saudi Arabiathe oil kingdom of the globe. With the hike in oil prices since 2002, a barrel touching $130 this month, the Saudi economy has picked up like fire in last five years. The result has been a well-planned diversification beyond the oil exports. Worlds largest Petrochemical plant; Petro Rabigh a joint venture by state-run oil company Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemicals of Japan. The project is Saudi Arabias boldest bet to create its identity beyond the oil regime, as an industrial powerhouse. The plant is part of a $500 billion investment program to build new contemporary cities, create millions of jobs and diversify the economy away from petroleum exports over the next two decades.
Abu Dhabi alone has been planning to spend about $1 billion for a new museum with the help of the Louvre, Paris. Dubai is planning to build a small-scale replica of the French city of Lyon, complete with residential housing, a mus | | By: SPACIFY – Modern Furniture | | |
| | Movies named after cities | | 2008-05-20 23:24:00 | | I have blogged about how Australia the movie has potential to be a great branding opportunity for Australia the country. There aren't many other movies named after countries, but there are a number of movies named after cities and towns. Sometimes the film can become big enough that the city becomes synonymous with the film. Perhaps the greatest example of this is Casablanca. I would hazard a guess that unless you are a Moroccan or a travel and geography nerd (like myself), most people surveyed would associate Casablanca with the movie before the port city in North Africa.Here are some other films that have a city or town as the title. I am including fims that only have the name in the title, so no "Escape from New York" or "2 Days in Paris" in this list. Not even Paris, Texas.Naming a movie after a city usually works best for lesser known places. Elizabethtown the movie put Elizabethtown the small city in Kentucky on the map.Fargo the movie put the city of Fargo in North Dakota on the | | By: itravelnet Travel Blog | | |
| | Aeropuertos en Cities XL. Zonas o Plopping?. | | 2008-05-13 05:41:43 | | Todos estamos de acuerdo que un aeropuerto en una ciudad XL va ha ser elemento importante para su desarrollo económico, ¿que sistema utilizara CitiesXL para su construcción?. Todos estamos de acuerdo que la formula utilizada para Sim Sity 4 es obsoleta y debe evolucionar a un concepto mas moderno. Un aeropuerto debe de ser modular, o lo que es lo mismo, poder realizar ampliaciones dependiendo del aumento del tráfico de personas y mercancías, adaptándolo a las necesidades de nuestra ciudad o región sin la necesidad de dinamitar lo ya construido.El debate estos últimos días en el foro de www.cities.xl esta en la posibilidad de crear nuestros aeropuertos marcando y limitando una zona en el terreno y el AI crear el aeropuerto automáticamente, o todo lo contrario hacer plopping para la construcción de los aeropuertos, colocando manualmente todas las piezas una a una según nuestro gusto y necesidades.Aquellos que defienden los aeropuertos zonificados están a favor por la facil | | By: Future XL | | |
| | CNN Money: Florida Cities Still Set for Steep Losses | | 2008-05-08 11:52:40 | | CNN Money put out an article titled “10 markets set for steep losses” and topping the list, Florida cities like Miami and Orlando. The list breaks down their forecast for continued losses in the housing market and a forecast for the bottom.
While I don’t put much weight into their analysis, it is interesting to see [...] | | By: Florida Mortgage Report | | |
| | Junkie XL Feat. Lauren Rocket - Cities In Dust EP - Promo_CDM-2008-MiP | | 2008-04-25 14:30:07 | | Artist: Junkie XL Feat. Lauren Rocket Title: Cities In Dust EP Label: Artwerk Music Genre: House Source: CDDA Encoder: Lame 3.97 Avg. Bitrate: 208kbit Tracks: 7 Playtime: 48:00 Release Date: 24/04/2008 Upload..: SiTiRmeUbbTracklist: 01 - Cities In Dust (Gareth Wyn Remix) 188kbit 07:52 02 - Cities In Dust (King Unique Remix) 207kbit | | By: ENHiTZone | | |
| | | Want to travel to the most popular cities in Europe? | | 2008-04-19 22:09:49 | | The tourist destinations of the world are not only for business trip but also fulfilling and rewarding hobby. Seeing new places, new landscapes, meeting new people, and learning about different cultures and histories are all great benefits. What about traveling to Europe? Europe is a great continent, you know. You can visit to the most popular cities in Europe, like: Paris, Dublin, and Barcelona for your next destination in your traveling. Why I suggest you to go to Paris is because Paris, the " | | By: Free Cellphone Theme | | |
| | Cities Unlimited cambia a Cities XL | | 2008-04-18 06:32:58 | | Esta semana ha sido una sorpresa realmente grande para todos aquellos que estamos siguiendo el desarrollo de Cities Unlimited.
Empezare por el principio, el hasta ahora llamado Cities Unlimited (nombre clave utilizado para el desarrollo del video juego) pasa a llamarse definitivamente CITIES XL. Igualmente la pagina oficial cuplanet.com es ahora www.citiesxl.com
La segunda noticia importante es | | By: Future Unlimited | | |
| | 10 Most Amazing Lost Cities | | 2008-04-15 04:52:22 | | Lost Cities were real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost. Most lost cities are found, and have been studied extensively by scientists. Here's our list of the 10 most amazing lost cities in the world.
1.MACHU PICCHU (Peru): The Lost City of the Incas [Wiki]
Machu Picchu ("Old Peak") is a pre-Columbian Inca city | | By: samondeath | | |
| | 328 new shopping malls in India by 2010 including metros with tier II and III smaller cities | | 2008-04-15 04:00:36 | | India Inc will see new 328 shopping malls in metros and so-called tier II and III smaller cities within the next two years.A report titled Upcoming malls—2008 and beyond, compiled by real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, says northern India will lead the retail boom, with 136 new malls by 2010.Some Stats : New Delhi is expected to get 15 malls Faridabad and Ghaziabad, will get 7 new malls each. Mumbai leads the pack among individual cities with 30 malls planned in the next two years.Real estate firms, such as DLF Ltd, Akruti City Ltd, Nirmal Lifestyle Ltd and Oberoi Constructions all have retail plans in the western and central suburbs of the country’s financial centre. Kolkata, probably one of the last metros to be hit by the retail boom, has 18 malls lined up.The landmark Statesman House in central Kolkata, which would be turned into a 2 million sq. ft shopping destination by Emaar MGF Land Ltd, is one of the biggest malls coming up in India. “This new breed | | By: Best Investments in India | | |
| | | Camping on the outskirts of European cities | | 2008-04-02 03:34:00 | | In our increasingly frantic search for ways to visit Europe inexpensively, campgrounds and camping should not be overlooked.Almost completely unknown to most American travelers, campgrounds are found on the outskirts of nearly every major European city; indeed, some European cities have as many as a dozen such campgrounds in their outlying areas. And although they are usually in fairly remote neighborhoods, nearly all are on a bus or subway line that can whisk you downtown — and there are still other prime camping spots in historic centers as well.
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| | aiboTV. El canal de Cities Unlimited | | 2008-03-27 06:22:45 | | En un nuevo paso para crear una televisión de información de Cities Unlimited, aiboTV a fichado a dos presentadores virtuales.
Ellos son Max de habla hispana y Amy que presentara las noticias en Ingles.
aiboTV se encuentra en fase de pruebas, experimentando la formula mas adecuada de difundir las noticias de Cities Unlimited, CUPlanet y de sus Fans.
La intención es crear un informativo con la | | By: Future Unlimited | | |
| | | "CU Genesis". Paisajes en Cities Unlimited. | | 2008-03-17 06:54:02 | | MonteCrisrto nos a presentado un adelanto de como va ha ser la herramienta de terraforming para crear terreno y paisaje, "landscape".
En el vídeo nos desvelan en que punto de desarrollo se encuentra esta herramienta, en su blog nos explican su desarrollo. Hay que recalcar que el trabajo esta en proceso.
Lo que mas llama mi atención es la facilidad de manejo de la herramienta, la interface | | By: Future Unlimited | | |
| | Hungary: Country of Three Cities | | 2008-03-14 22:58:34 | |
Hungary is often referred to the country of three cities & it is correct. A trip to the curve of river Danube will lead you to three most beautiful cities of Hungary. You will be able to visit the ancient capitals of Hungarian kings & the fortress of Roman Emperors: Esztergom, ancient Slav city of [...] | | By: voyage echoes in the wind | | |
| | Israel places Lebanese, Syrian, Gaza borders, its cities and highways on high terror alert | | 2008-03-10 15:10:00 | | Israeli intelligence has warned that in the interim Hamas and Jihad Islami would make every effort to ignite the Gaza front in order to unite the Arab rulers behind a dramatic Arab resolution in support of the Palestinian Islamists. This tactic would transfer the Gaza issue’s center of gravity from Cairo, which is brokering a Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal, to radical Damascus.Egged on by Syria and Iran, Hamas keeps on stalling this track and raising its demands.the coming Arab League summit will for the first time host an Iranian head of state. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be seated beside Syrian president Bashar Assad as guest of honor to parade the Tehran-Damascus axis’ pre-eminent role in Arab Middle East affairs, with Iran setting the pace. More... | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Peking Olympic Special Trains to Links Cities | | 2008-03-07 09:38:00 | | BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Special trains are to run between Beijing and co-host Olympics cities -- including Hong Kong, Qingdao and Tianjin -- for the convenience of athletes and spectators, a Chinese legislator said Friday. Luo Jinbao, who is also deputy director of the Beijing railway administration, made the remarks on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress, the top legislature. Earlier, the government of Qingdao, where the sailing events will be held, said that commuter buses would run between the Qingdao railway station and Olympic venues during the Games. The 2008 Olympic Games run from Aug. 8 to 24 and Beijing is expected to have 500,000 to 550,000 overseas visitors during the period. China has geared up transport preparations for the Games with Beijing airport's new Terminal 3, a major expansion project, getting its first commercial fligh | | By: 2008 China Beijing Summer Olympic | | |
| | TOP TEN CHINESE CITIES | | 2008-03-06 16:57:00 | | Chongqing
Rich in skyscrapers and natural resources, Chongqing is an immense inland city at the convergence of the Yangtze and Jialing Rivers. As the city mutates into a mega-city, the mood is one of inevitability. "This is the path every developed country has taken," sociologist Tang Jun remarks. As a result of such colossal urbanization, the environmental impacts are legion. With an economy
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| | Visiting 5 of UK's major cities for romantics and visitors | | 2008-03-01 11:10:00 | | Manchester, it is big city and metropolitan area of UK. According of it’s history this area become the city since 1853 and now it has growth population bigger. There you can find many interesting of attraction on this city. And this city has come to central of art activity, the popular media, economic and some famous collages. You will not lossy if you sometime go there for vacancy, lets you see for your Manchester Accomodation first if you want to go there.London, it is also the famous city of UK. Many attractions are showed there annually. Many various tourists have come in to this city. As the capital city of the United Kingdom, London will be able to show interesting service to you go there. You can find Central London Hotels may as your wish to find your temporary living place if you there for feeling enjoyable visit this city.Glasgow, this is big city of UK also which becomed largest and busiest city. This city has vast attraction which be able to serve and as crowded city will | | By: CellPhone Themes and Ringtones | | |
| | Perfil de Ciudadano en Cities Unlimited. | | 2008-03-01 05:59:23 | | Parte del fracaso de City Life entre los jugadores expertos se debe al concepto de "Culturas". Los conflictos entre ellos, la repetición de los personajes y la afectación grafíca en los edificios si se pertenece a una u otra cultura.
MonteCristo para Cities Unlimited esta revisando este concepto con el fin de llegar mas allá. Lograr una representación realista de los ciudadanos y de la | | By: Future Unlimited | | |
| | | Bulgaria’s Top Ten Cities to Visit | | 2008-02-27 11:21:08 | | Bulgaria is located on the Black Sea’s western side and is a country located in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania, Serbia, Republic of Macedonia, and Greece. As such, it is also a favorite tourist destination not only by the Europeans but also by other nations as well because of the beautiful [...] | | By: UniQuest | | |
| | | Unlimited Zones in Cities Unlimited. | | 2008-02-21 05:14:07 | | En el Blog de CUPlanet nos han adelantado uno de los conceptos de zonificación que empieza a integrar el equipo de Cities Unlimided en el juego.
En MonteCristo han resuelto la polémica Zonificación vs Plopping de la mejor forma posible e inteligente, utilizando las dos.
Como todos sabemos el plopping permite mucho control en el momento de situar un edificio en el mapa. La zonificación permite | | By: Future Unlimited | | |
| | Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Cities Taxing Beyond Their Borders | | 2008-02-19 00:00:00 | | The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear a case involving the taxation of a Michigan business in Washington State. The case, Ford Motor Co. v. City of Seattle, involved $1.7 million in taxes charged by the cities of Seattle and Tacoma on the Ford Motor Co., for its sales to dealers located in Washington State. Although only most of Ford's wholesale activity occurred outside Seattle and Tacoma, the two cities assessed taxes on 100 percent of the sales.The Washington Supreme Court had narrowly ruled for the cities. That decision allowed municipalities to reach into the coffers of out-of-state businesses, by permitting them to collect local sales tax on Ford's Michigan sales to dealers. The state supreme court ignored the long-established rule that business activity cannot be taxed unless there it reaches a minimum level of nexus.Four justices on the lower court disagreed with the ruling, in a dissent authored by Justice Richard Sanders. He wrote that because transfer of title o | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | As Cities Burn 'Empire' Video | | 2008-02-13 16:27:56 | | As Cities Burn are out with the video to their new single 'Empire', from the Mandeville, Louisiana indie rock band's second album 'Come Now, Sleep', out now on Solid State Records/ Tooth and Nail Records. Watch it below the fold. | | By: Rockdirt.com - Rock Music News | | |
| | Cities Unlimited. 16+ ? | | 2008-02-13 14:16:42 | | ¿Vamos a poder considerar a Cities Unlimited como el juego de construcción de ciudades definitivo?. Cuando me refiero a definitivo es por situarlo en lo mas alto en su categoría, en dificultad y prestaciones para el jugador.
Un autentico simulador con las herramientas para una planificación urbana integrada. Infraestructuras, la demografía y la economía. Cities Unlimited debe satisfacer la | | By: Future Unlimited | | |
| | Video Games Live visits 4 Canadian cities in 2008 | | 2008-01-20 15:27:27 | | The 2008 season of Video Games Live will be stopping at 4 Canadian cities. If you’re not familiar with VGL, it’s a musical tour featuring a full orchestra performing classic and newer video game music from games like Super Mario Bros. and Sonic The Hedgehog to Final Fantasy and Halo.
I’ve never attended a show [...]
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| | Housing transactions dwindle in China's major cities | | 2008-01-17 01:50:00 | | Sales of residential property in China's major cities dwindled drastically during the first weeks of 2008, the China Securities Journal has reported. Cities such as Beijing, Wuhan and Chongqing saw their housing transactions in the first week of the year decrease by more than 20 percent than the previous week, the report said. Housing transactions in the booming southern city of Shenzhen fell by about 38 percent and sales in Nanjing, capital of the coastal Jiangsu Province, plummeted by more than 52 percent, it said.
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| | Cities "should" get 1 point of provincial taxes | | 2008-01-15 08:32:00 | | Canadian cities need a break from the senior governments on both the tax and the spending side, the Conference Board of Canada said Tuesday. The think-tank says municipalities should be given authority to levy up to one percentage point of provincial sales taxes. The one-point reduction in the federal goods and services tax on Jan. 1 "has created room for provincial governments to fix the | | By: News Alert | | |
| | Cities: città dall'Italia e dal mondo | | 2008-01-12 04:58:07 | | Da oggi troverete un piccolo ma importante cambiamento nel mio blog. Ho deciso infatti di eliminare l'album fotografico dedicato a Venezia per crearne uno nuovo che comprendesse più in generale foto di città, creando una visione più organica di quello che ritengo una mia grande aspirazione: girare per l'Italia ed il mondo alla scoperta delle particolarità architettoniche, culturali ed | | By: Shutter priority | | |
| | Three Philippine cities enlisted in Asian Top Ten Cities of the Future | | 2008-01-10 11:00:21 | | Quezon City, Cebu City and Davao City landed in the seventh, eighth and tenth place respectively in the latest selection of Top 10 Asian Cities of the Future by London-based fDi magazine, which is exclusively published for the corporate world.
Hong Kong retained its lead spot this year, followed by Singapore, Taipei (Taiwan), Melbourne (Australia), Dalian (China), Shijiazhuang (China), and
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| | Carnival of Cities 7 January 2008 | | 2008-01-07 03:34:04 | | I’m delighted to be the host for the first Carnival of Cities of 2008. I only had one submission in my chosen theme of cities “off the beaten track”.
Berkley and Oakland in California are highlighted as Local Favorites for Kids in the East Bay by Patricia Jenkins of the Kango Blog who believes that [...] | | By: Europe a la Carte Blog | | |
| | | | India's Jet Airways will soon look at operating direct services to almost all of India's large cities | | 2007-12-13 03:40:00 | | Jet Airways Gulf, Middle East and North Africa general manager Abraham Joseph said the immediate priority was to launch world-class services from Bahrain when it begins operations on January 5."We are starting off with a flight a day to Mumbai and Kochi, from Bahrain, both of which will be non-stop operations," said Mr Joseph."The 14 flights every week will operate state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft, in the configuration of 124 economy and 16 business class seats."Mr Joseph was addressing the media during a luncheon organised at The Kebab Factory, Jawad Dome, in Barbar.
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| | My Thoughts On Different Cities In Europe | | 2007-12-13 02:14:14 | | I have always been fascinated with the cities in europe. They are far so different with what we have here in asia. The architecture, the places, the monuments, the people and most of all, the night life. Everything is different and thats what interests me in going their for some time but I know I need to save some more if ever i would be convinced to go there.In London, the people are so much workaholic and every minute counts. This is what my relative said who was able to live there for quite sometime now. In berlin, the post war era still gives me an eerie feeling because i always wanted to despise the germans for destroying my country. Barcelona is a whole new different experience for me. I always wanted to live like a spanish coz they occupied the philippines for more than three hundred years. Thats alot of time!If ever you are going to visit one of these places, you can stay at london hotels, paris hotels, berlin hotels and barcelona hotels. | | By: Agloco-Pilipinas | | |
| | Top US cities to Buy Homes | | 2007-12-10 12:12:58 | | Although the real estate market seems to be in a downward trend and foreclosures are at an all time high, we also have a climbing unemployment rate, mostly due to companies moving out of the country to save on their operating expenses. There still are some US cities that are hot spots, today, to purchase [...] | | By: New Home Community Blog | | |
| | Things I will always hate about big cities (or Davao City, that is) | | 2007-12-07 08:16:18 | | (Photo from BT Niko of Flickr)
I grew up in a place where life is pleasantly simple, where the usual still gives an everyday surprise. In fact, it was not until I was eleven—and two months before my twelfth birthday—that the municipality where I dwell officially became a city.
In the Philippines, a city does not necessarily mean like those in big countries such as America. There are only few cities in my country which by their names alone are already “big time”, and famous...
Not with my...
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| | Free Internet in Indian cities | | 2007-12-03 23:15:40 | | Ahmedabad based software company Ahem! Management Solution plans to provide free internet access via kiosks to users in tier 2 cities in the country. It is investing Rs 275 crore in five years in rolling out the services. The service will be initially launched at Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot.Within next five years, it will be expanded to 155 tier-II cities in the country, each having 10-15 kiosks.while the service will be available to the end-users for free, the company will generate revenues through facilities like online and offline advertisements.The name of the kiosks will be NetHotzone.The company is expecting a profit of Rs 200 crore from revenue generated through online and offline advertisements.This is pretty optimistic of them and reminds me of the ill fated Caltiger ISP which went out of business however market has definitely changed since then and there is hope for them in any case they can turn into a cyber cafe chain in case of problems with this model.In any | | By: Marketing & technology in India | | |
| | Vienna and Berlin: Two of the Greatest Cities in Europe | | 2007-11-28 02:58:00 | | If you are a person that loves to travel to other countries, then traveling to European cities can be an exciting plan. Two of the greatest cities in Europe are Vienna and Berlin. Both of these historical cities are rich in culture as well as beautiful architecture. In Berlin, you can visit some interest places such as Brandenburge Gates, Pergamon Museum, and Schloss Charlottenburg. In Vienna,
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| | Atlanta: Forbes' Most Undervalued Cities | | 2007-11-21 08:33:00 | | Forbes magazine recenly published this article by Matt Woolsey about the cities in this country with the most undervalued property. Atlanta was in the top 3 along with Charlotte, NC and Detroit, MI. .Matt wrote: "Market slumps often result in good buys, and solid investments get tagged with bargain prices due to the volatile market. One place to look for these deals is the housing sector, where worries about a continuing dip in home prices are keeping many buyers on the sidelines, and keeping a lid on prices.".That is exactly what I tell people everyday when they ask about the market, fearful that they should stay out of it. No! NOW is the time to buy. I firmly believe that the spring will bring a rise in prices and people will not be able to find the deals that are out there today..If you are in need of a home, NOW is the time to buy. Call me today so we can get to work. We may even have you in your new dream house by Christmas! 770-862-8002..Michael BradfordSouthern Prime Realty | | By: Cherokee County GA Real Estate | | |
| | Extraordinary Images from Rosetta - Cities at Night | | 2007-11-16 07:04:16 | | Rosetta has taken spectacular images of Earth. It was close to Earth in Tuesday while travelling towards comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta captured these beautiful images while passing the Earth. In those pictures you can see the tremendous amounts of light of big cities. See Hong Kong, for example. Compare it to Singapore and you see the [...] | | By: Homeboy's Astro Blog | | |
| | Major European Cities for Tourists | | 2007-11-15 23:28:00 | | The holiday season is coming. Most of us may already plan the best thing to accompany our holiday. If you are the ones who love traveling to many places, then you have to prepare yourself for the journey. There are many wonderful cities in Europe, such as London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, etc. Each of those cities has its own unique characteristics.
London is the capital city of the United
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| | America's Top Sports Cities: #1 Chicago | | 2007-11-01 19:12:00 | | Teams: Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White SoxI couldn’t resist picking Chicago. If your team doesn’t win a title for nearly 99 years, than wouldn’t you pick a new team? Not so, with the Cubs fans, as they’ve actually gained more. Its amazing how 99.9 percent of Cubs fans have never witnessed a championship. Chicago fans are the most loyal fans in all of sports. Supporting a perennial loser like the Cubs, displays their loyalty. What makes the city stand out is its love for all sports. Whether its football season, basketball season, or baseball season, the fans follow their team to the bitter end. When my mother lived in Chicago, it took her two years to get preseason tickets to a Bears game, and she was friends with one of the player’s wife. Just because the city doesn’t have a major College Football team ,doesn’t’ mean the fans don’t have an allegiance toward a team, as many fans end of rooting for the University of Illinois | | By: West Coast Bias | | |
| | America's Top Sports Cities: #2 Boston | | 2007-10-31 21:57:00 | | Teams: New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins, Boston Red SoxIt really came down to the end here, Chicago versus Boston. You can debate all you want later. The Red Sox are Boston most popular team and the Celtics are the NBA's most successful franchise. For every Red Sox game they block off the streets surrounding Fenway Park in order to allow tailgating and other festivities to take place. The game is an event making for an unbelievable experience. While the Patriots don’t play in Boston, there major fan base resides here. The Pats have had some unbelievable success recently if you haven’t noticed. Boston College gives the city a university aspect to it, which cities like New York and Chicago lack. The Basketball Hall of Fame also nests nearby in Springfield. Boston has an extremely loyal and dedicated fans, putting it near the top. | | By: West Coast Bias | | |
| | Forbes 10 Best Cities to Buy Real Estate | | 2007-10-12 22:43:17 | | The real estate business may be facing a softening in sales, but there are parts of the country where it makes sense to buy now. Forbes magazine examined current home sales patterns and sales projects in the country’s 40 largest real estate markets to identify these attractive markets.
Based on models that estimated 2008 housing inventory, [...]
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| | | Big Cities Bright Lights | | 2007-10-09 16:20:00 | | Remember in High School when everyone was pressuring us to decide what it was we wanted to do "when we grew up"?
I had a serious love for interior design. I still do. But I grew up in a town of about 1400 people. And everyone I talked to, including the guidance counselor, told me interior designers had to live in big cities. BIG cities, like New York.
And being the wimp I was, I didn't go into | | By: Organized Chaos | | |
| | | Historical Cities in UK | | 2007-09-22 05:08:50 | | A friend of mine has been talking about taking a break from his stressful job and go on holiday at a far away place. Only two days ago he asked me to suggest a place to visit but do not cause a big hole in his pocket. I gave him a call this morning and suggested that he should visit the UK. He actually said that he will consider and asked me for suggestions about places to visit, accommodations | | By: Wire Bliss: Handcrafted Wire Wrapped Jewelry | | |
| | Re-Max reports upswing in luxury home sales in major Canadian cities | | 2007-09-06 21:11:00 | | MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CP) — Sales of luxury homes have registered an "unprecedented upswing" in the first half of this year, real estate company Re-Max said Wednesday.In a report on 16 major markets across the country, Re-Max said high-end home sales were up in all regions between January and July. The highest percentage increase was seen in Edmonton, where sales of more than $900,000 in value rose 521 per cent, Re-Max said. In the Greater Toronto Area, sales of homes costing more than $1.5 million increased 28 per cent, while in Ottawa, homes with an upper-end price point of$750,000 saw sales rise 115 per cent.
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| | Canon Professional Solutions Expo coming to four Canadian cities | | 2007-09-03 09:24:00 | | Canon Canada will be hitting the road next month, bringing to four Canadian cities the EOS-1Ds Mark III, EOS 40D, wide-format printers such as the iPF5100/iPF6100, seminars featuring photographers Vincent Laforet and Denis Reggie, sessions by Apple and Adobe and more. The first stop for the Canon Professional Solutions Expo (CPSE) is here in Calgary on September 5-6, 2007, followed by Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. More information on the free two-day event, as well as online registration (registering in advance is required to attend), is on the CPSE website. Note that Vincent Laforet and Denis Reggie will both be in attendance for the Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal dates, while Laforet only will be making the trek to Calgary.by Rob Galbraithhttp://www.robgalbraith.com | | By: DSLR CAMERAS ONLINE | | |
| | The TEN in More Cities | | 2007-08-30 11:20:54 | | OPENING THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 31: ALBANY - ALBUQUERQUE - AMES, IA - ATLANTIC CITY - BOISE - CARY, NC - CHARLOTTE - CINCINNATI - COLUMBUS - DAYTON - DURANGO, CP - DURHAM - FT. COLLINS, CO - GAINSEVILLE, FL - GREENSBOROUGH, NC - INDIANAPOLIS - LEXINGTON, KY - MORGANTOWN, WV - OMAHA - PHOENIX - [...] | | By: Winona Ryder News Channel | | |
| | Quick visit to the Quad Cities | | 2007-08-07 18:01:00 | | Hola travelers! Finky the Kid made his first ever trip to the Quad Cities the other week. "The QUAD CITIES??" you say. The Quad Cities is quartet of towns surrounding the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois, comprised of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa and Moline and Rock Island in Illinois.A walking bridge over River Street What's in the Quad Cities? Well, being rural Iowa and Illinois- lots of corn and trees. But there's also lots of down-to-earth folks. The pace is decidely much slower than suburbs odf major metropolitan areas because the closest real "city" is a 2-3 hour drive away. Chicago is 2 hours east and Des Moines is about 3 hours west. Madison, WI is also about 2 hours away.There's also riverboat gambling. And some great historic houses along the Mississippi (at least in the Iowa side, where I spent most of my time.)Where to stay: I stayed at the Radisson in Davenport on River St. A good accomodation, though probably on the pricier side for the area ($175/night, plus $6 parking daily). But the service was good and the restaurant decent (I recommend their blackened fish specials). The hotel is a 5 minute drive to Interstate 74 which will take you south to Illinois or north further into Iowa and to I-80. Plus the Rhythm City Casino (above) is on the river just behind it.Where to eat: I was only in town for two nights, so my dining was limited, but I enjoyed the few places I was able to eat. Governor's in Bettendorf (3470 Middle Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722) is actually more of a local pub, but this is eastern Iowa and that means it's pretty casual. There were singles around the bar area watching baseball (this is Cubs and Cardinals territory, I gathered). But there were also a few families having dinner as well. The Fish and Chips was crispy and easily enough food for one. But the menu offers a "down-home" variety ranging from grilled cheese and tuna melts to BBQ ribs. While I didn't have a beer, I loved that the 12 oz (small) comes out in a g | | By: GoSightsee Travel | | |
| | In Which I Travel to the Cities by the Bay | | 2007-08-07 15:50:03 | | I should really contact Dan Johnson to let him know that it would significantly prolong his Major League career to fly me all over the country for A’s games. After enduring yet another slump over the past month, he was a key producer in the the two games I saw him play this past weekend. [...] | | By: The Pastime | | |
| | Irish Whip Fighting Exclusive: The Top MMA Cities In America | | 2007-08-05 20:31:12 | | As MMA mania sweeps across the United States like a swarm of hungry locusts, you would be hard pressed to identify one city or geographical region as contributing more than another. Taking into account the relatively young history of the sport here in the states, I have attempted to do just that. Knowing that the majority of MMA fans share the same deep rooted passion for the sport as I do, I can already see the hate mail piling up. After consulting many of my contacts around the country, I have ranked the top ten MMA cities in terms of general interest of the population, number of MMA gyms per capita, and reputation for producing (or hosting) great champions. I encourage anyone who reads this to provide their own feedback. (Note that I have only highlighted numbers 1-5.) by Doug MacEwan Honorable mention: Hollywood, CA; Chicago, IL; Atlantic City, NJ; San Jose, CA10. Cincinnati, Ohio9. Houston, Texas8. Anaheim, CA7. Albuquerque, New Mexico6. Sacramento, CA5. West Palm Beach/Ft. L | | By: The Irish Whip | | |
| | The government may launch measures targeting some key cities | | 2007-07-30 02:45:40 | | Expectations are that there will be more restraining policies on the property sector over the next half-year due to spiraling property prices and investment despite government efforts to rein in the sector. Although implementation of policies adopted last year remains the focus of 2007, soaring property prices could continue to pose a risk in the next six months, raising the possibility that further cooling measures could be on the horizon, said Zhu Zhongyi, secretary-general of the China Real Estate Association. "The government may launch measures targeting some key cities if property markets there get out of control. Or it could release uniform policies covering the entire country," Zhu told China Daily.
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| | Housing prices up 7.1% in 70 China cities | | 2007-07-26 00:52:00 | | China's property boom received another booster as housing prices surged 7.1% in 70 major cities in June year-on-year, with Shenzhen leading the strong growth. Shenzhen's property prices skyrocketed 15.9% in June as second-homes saw an increase of 16.1% whilst new property prices rose slightly lower at 13.9%, according to the report by the National Development.
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| | 5 Deadliest Cities in The World | | 2007-07-22 12:17:00 | |
From the obscure to the obvious. This is scary. Cancel your summer vacation if you plan to go to any of the following places:
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Haina, Dominican Republic
Kabwe, Zambia
La Oroya, Peru
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| | The TEN in Ten Cities and then… | | 2007-07-20 00:47:43 | | Director David Wain, Winona Ryder and Christo Morse
The Ten - Theatre Listings
Source: www.thetenmovie.com. Where will you go to watch it? Check the news update: Where is it playing? -
OPENING AUGUST 3:
SAN FRANCISCO AREA:
SAN FRANCISCO - Sundance Kabuki 8
BERKELEY - Landmark Shattuck
MARIN - Cinemark Regency 15
PALO ALTO - Cinemark Mountain View 16
IRVINE - Regal University [...] | | By: Winona Ryder News Channel | | |
| | Top 50 Highest Cost of Living Cities In The World | | 2007-07-03 12:39:00 | | If you are planning on traveling and budget is a concern, here’s something worth a look into. This is a compilation on Top 50 Highest Cost of Living Cities In The World, compiled by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. According to Mercer’s research Moscow, Russia is world most expensive city in the world. That’s really something new to me as I hardly have friends on the north. Follow by London, United Kingdom, Seoul, Korea and Tokyo Japan. Singapore at 14th place and China with 2 of its main cities, Beijing at 20th and Shanghai at 26th. Malaysia is nowhere to be found, that makes our country a very cheap and affordable place to spend vacation at. Hongkong stands at 5th most expensive city in the world, and that’s the country I’ll be visiting end of this year. Top 50 Highest Cost of Living Cities In The World Moscow, RussiaLondon, United KingdomSeoul, South KoreaTokyo, JapanHong KongCopenhagen, DenmarkGeneva, SwitzerlandOsaka, JapanaZurich, SwitzerlandOslo, Norway Milan, ItalyS | | By: work at your home | | |
| | Atlanta has Lowest Cost of Living among Largest Cities | | 2007-06-29 17:11:12 | |
As you can see from the chart below, Atlanta continues to be below the National Cost of Living for most of it’s goods and services. Housing rates 13% below the national index and is one the strongest factors for continued population growth in Metro Atlanta. The AJC has a good visual chart for Regional Growth Forecast.
COST OF LIVING INDEX
How the nation’s largest cities compare to the national Cost of Living Index for specific goods and services
ATLANTA
NEW YORK CITY
SAN FRANCISCO
SEATTLE
WASHINGTON
DC
CHICAGO
Composite
Index
-4%
+112%
+84%
+13%
+45%
-3%
Grocery Items
-5%
+33%
+49%
+18%
+26%
-2%
Housing
-9%
+287%
+212%
+17%
+8%
-1%
Utilities
-13%
+48%
+3%
+14%
+2%
+6%
Transportation
-2%
+17%
+22%
_4%
+21%
-2%
Healthcare
+11%
+43%
+28%
+38%
+38%
-9%
Misc. Goods &
Services
+1%
+39%
+29%
+6%
+15%
-7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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| | Real estate focus turns to secondary cities | | 2007-06-29 07:49:14 | | With China’s opening up and intensified competition in the key cities, savvy businesses are turning their eyes to the country’s second- and third-tier cities, 30 of which have emerged as the best business targets.
Global real estate management and consulting company Jones Lang LaSalle has undertaken a study to assess the real estate opportunities and [...] | | By: Mortgage Loan Rates, Refinance Loan, Home Equity L | | |
| | A Blueprint for Cebu’s Emerging Cities | | 2007-06-24 01:04:43 | |
With thriving opportunities for business and investment, Cebu is poised to place itself at the center of the drive to move the country’s economy forward.
Cebuanos expect the addition of Bogo, Carcar, and Naga to Cebu’s growing list of emerging cities to further speed up the momentum of the economy. However, this economic expansion will be stunted or go side by side with the specter of uninhibited growth for the sake of growth if left undirected.
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